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“Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.”
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“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world, is just as base as to use force... Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.”
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“When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.”
― Poor Folk
― Poor Folk
Bri’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bri’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
298 books
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62 friends
946 books
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69 friends
2 books
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13 friends
0 books
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3 friends
703 books
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9 friends
263 books
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7 friends
1 book
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11 friends
318 books
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13 friends
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